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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Operators Binary Operators

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Passing on the variable

At around 6:14 Amit talks about passing on a variable to a double. Is there more than one way to write the code for that? For e.g. This is how it is in this lesson:

let areaInMeters = Double(area) / 10.764

Could you also write it like this:

let areaInMeters: Double = area / 10.764

much appreciated

2 Answers

Justin Black
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In short, no. It would still fail.

Reason being we are taking the area, which will always equal a whole number and as such is of Int type. In order to divide that by 10.764, we have to convert that to a double by typecasting the variable to be one.

Otherwise, you get the error: 'Int' is not convertible to 'Decimal'

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I appreciate the reply Justin. I understand what you are saying. I just don't get why in the numbers "Numbers" course section you would write the code like this:

var version: Double = 1.0

But in "Binary operators" its written like this:

let areaInMeters = Double(area) / 10.764

Why isn't there a colin after areaInMeters like there is in the code above that? And why does area have to be in brackets? I guess what I am really asking is what is the difference the way both of those lines are written?

I hope this was clear. Its probably the simplest answer but its not computing.

cheers

Justin Black
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The first way would be called a 'type set' or typesetting. This is because you are explicitly telling the application that the variable must contain a double.

The 2nd is type-casting. You are taking the value of one type, and converting it to another. I imagine he did this more so as a reference to type-casting, without really explaining it well.

You could do it the way you suggest, but you'd have to do it for the height, width and area.